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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (35 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (43 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Medium
Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!
Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. Paths for lobbed tennis balls | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Tribe of Arizona | 4 |
| 3A | 9. Flinch, say | 5 |
| 4A | 14. Short blast from a horn | 4 |
| 5A | 15. Actor McGregor of "Trainspotting" | 4 |
| 6A | 16. Han Solo's response to Leia's "I love you" | 5 |
| 7A | 17. Singer's recovery period | 9 |
| 8A | 19. "Catch my drift?" | 5 |
| 9A | 20. Shop | 5 |
| 10A | 21. Spot for a soak | 3 |
| 11A | 23. Dear ___ (letter start) | 3 |
| 12A | 24. Pumice or basalt | 12 |
| 13A | 29. Chemical that speeds up a fruit's aging process | 7 |
| 14A | 32. Film director Coen | 5 |
| 15A | 33. "Our Lips ___ Sealed" (hit by the Go-Go's) | 3 |
| 16A | 34. Youngest woman ever elected to Congress, familiarly | 3 |
| 17A | 36. Betraying surprise, in a way | 5 |
| 18A | 39. Spinoff of "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" | 15 |
| 19A | 44. Big name in microprocessors | 5 |
| 20A | 45. "Who's Who in the Cast" blurb | 3 |
| 21A | 46. Tie-breaking periods, for short | 3 |
| 22A | 47. How a picture book may be read at bedtime | 5 |
| 23A | 50. ___ of hand (magician's skill) | 7 |
| 24A | 53. Congressional history | 12 |
| 25A | 56. Palindrome akin to "Aha!" | 3 |
| 26A | 57. Work well together | 3 |
| 27A | 58. Florida's ___-Dade County | 5 |
| 28A | 62. Jousting weapon | 5 |
| 29A | 65. Device worn by a video gamer ... or a hint to 17-, 24-, 39- and 53-Across | 9 |
| 30A | 68. Basic piano chord | 5 |
| 31A | 69. Notes of indebtedness | 4 |
| 32A | 70. Gets eyes on | 4 |
| 33A | 71. Sends frisky messages | 5 |
| 34A | 72. Strong soapmaking solutions | 4 |
| 35A | 73. Like bourbon | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Paths for lobbed tennis balls"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
- Similar words include: arc, bow, spark
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARCS
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2A: "5. Tribe of Arizona"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of the shoshonean people of northeastern arizona
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HOPI
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3A: "9. Flinch, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that show a response or a reaction to something
- Similar words include: respond, oppose
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: REACT
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4A: "14. Short blast from a horn"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a blast of a horn
- Similar words include: carousal, beep, booze-up
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TOOT
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5A: "15. Actor McGregor of "Trainspotting""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EWAN
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6A: "16. Han Solo's response to Leia's "I love you""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IKNOW
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7A: "17. Singer's recovery period"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: VOCALREST
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8A: "19. "Catch my drift?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GETME
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9A: "20. Shop"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
- Similar words include: computer storage, memory board, put in
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STORE
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10A: "21. Spot for a soak"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body
- Similar words include: tubful, bath, bathing tub
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TUB
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11A: "23. Dear ___ (letter start)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that term of address for a man
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SIR
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12A: "24. Pumice or basalt"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: VOLCANICROCK
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13A: "29. Chemical that speeds up a fruit's aging process"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: RIPENER
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14A: "32. Film director Coen"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ETHAN
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15A: "33. "Our Lips ___ Sealed" (hit by the Go-Go's)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
- Similar words include: equal, ar, be
- Opposite of: differ
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Answer: ARE
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16A: "34. Youngest woman ever elected to Congress, familiarly"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AOC
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17A: "36. Betraying surprise, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AGASP
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18A: "39. Spinoff of "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: VANDERPUMPRULES
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19A: "44. Big name in microprocessors"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: INTEL
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20A: "45. "Who's Who in the Cast" blurb"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BIO
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21A: "46. Tie-breaking periods, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OTS
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22A: "47. How a picture book may be read at bedtime"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that using the voice; not silently
- Similar words include: loud, loudly, out loud
- Opposite of: softly
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Answer: ALOUD
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23A: "50. ___ of hand (magician's skill)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that adroitness in using the hands
- Similar words include: manual dexterity, dexterity
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SLEIGHT
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24A: "53. Congressional history"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: VOTINGRECORD
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25A: "56. Palindrome akin to "Aha!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OHO
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26A: "57. Work well together"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a colloid in a more solid form than a sol
- Similar words include: gelatin, colloidal gel, mousse
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GEL
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27A: "58. Florida's ___-Dade County"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of the extinct algonquian people formerly living in northern indiana and southern michigan
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MIAMI
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28A: "62. Jousting weapon"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- Similar words include: spear, shaft, fizgig
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LANCE
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29A: "65. Device worn by a video gamer ... or a hint to 17-, 24-, 39- and 53-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: VRHEADSET
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30A: "68. Basic piano chord"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- Similar words include: trine, trey, triple
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TRIAD
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31A: "69. Notes of indebtedness"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an informal debt instrument; representing `i owe you'
- Similar words include: IOU
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IOUS
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32A: "70. Gets eyes on"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
- Similar words include: fancy, take in, understand
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SEES
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33A: "71. Sends frisky messages"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the fourth of the seven canonical hours; about noon
- Similar words include: sext
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SEXTS
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34A: "72. Strong soapmaking solutions"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide
- Similar words include: lye
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LYES
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35A: "73. Like bourbon"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OAKY
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Four-wheelers, in brief | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Word before beer or after square | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Pixar film with the Oscar-winning song "Remember Me" | 4 |
| 4D | 4. "Feed a cold, ___ a fever" (dubious medical advice) | 6 |
| 5D | 5. That girl | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Have debts | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Many an Olive Garden entree | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Sounding good, as a musical instrument | 6 |
| 9D | 9. 18-wheeler | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Barely get (by) | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Snack with celery, peanut butter and raisins | 10 |
| 12D | 12. "Peanuts" or "Pickles" | 5 |
| 13D | 13. Do some booty-shaking | 5 |
| 14D | 18. Spinks who defeated Muhammad Ali | 4 |
| 15D | 22. One-eighth of a byte | 3 |
| 16D | 25. Titular Shakespearean king | 4 |
| 17D | 26. Remove outer parts from, as a photo | 4 |
| 18D | 27. Burn until black | 4 |
| 19D | 28. Prego alternative | 4 |
| 20D | 29. Sitar virtuoso Shankar | 4 |
| 21D | 30. Tehran's land | 4 |
| 22D | 31. Grammy-winning a cappella group famous for their Christmas albums | 10 |
| 23D | 35. Chicago slugger | 3 |
| 24D | 37. "Late Night" host Meyers | 4 |
| 25D | 38. "Hey! Over here!" | 4 |
| 26D | 40. Place to purchase pastrami | 4 |
| 27D | 41. North Carolina university | 4 |
| 28D | 42. Catchall category: Abbr. | 4 |
| 29D | 43. Sport on a horse | 4 |
| 30D | 48. Sheepskin boot brand | 3 |
| 31D | 49. Role for Mike Myers in the Austin Powers movies | 6 |
| 32D | 51. Columnist Bombeck | 4 |
| 33D | 52. Doubling-down assertion | 6 |
| 34D | 53. Battery measure | 5 |
| 35D | 54. Chicago airport | 5 |
| 36D | 55. "The Jetsons" boy | 5 |
| 37D | 59. On the waves | 4 |
| 38D | 60. Gentle and submissive | 4 |
| 39D | 61. ___-bitsy | 4 |
| 40D | 63. Garfield in the funny pages, e.g. | 3 |
| 41D | 64. Magazine bigwigs, in brief | 3 |
| 42D | 66. Gradation of color | 3 |
| 43D | 67. Letter before tee | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Four-wheelers, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ATVS
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2D: "2. Word before beer or after square"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground
- Similar words include: rootage, theme, ancestor
- Opposite of: descendant
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Answer: ROOT
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3D: "3. Pixar film with the Oscar-winning song "Remember Me""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics
- Similar words include: coco palm, cocoa palm, coconut tree
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: COCO
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4D: "4. "Feed a cold, ___ a fever" (dubious medical advice)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that be hungry; go without food
- Similar words include: hunger, famish, lust
- Opposite of: feed, be full
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Answer: STARVE
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5D: "5. That girl"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HER
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6D: "6. Have debts"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that be obliged to pay or repay
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OWE
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7D: "7. Many an Olive Garden entree"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient
- Similar words include: alimentary paste
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PASTA
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8D: "8. Sounding good, as a musical instrument"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: INTUNE
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9D: "9. 18-wheeler"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise
- Similar words include: fishing rig, semi, set
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RIG
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10D: "10. Barely get (by)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EKE
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11D: "11. Snack with celery, peanut butter and raisins"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: ANTSONALOG
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12D: "12. "Peanuts" or "Pickles""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts
- Similar words include: risible, funny, amusing
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: COMIC
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13D: "13. Do some booty-shaking"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TWERK
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14D: "18. Spinks who defeated Muhammad Ali"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a historical area and former kingdom in northwestern spain
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LEON
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15D: "22. One-eighth of a byte"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small piece or quantity of something
- Similar words include: seize with teeth, scrap, morsel
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BIT
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16D: "25. Titular Shakespearean king"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that british artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)
- Similar words include: Edward Lear, King Lear
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LEAR
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17D: "26. Remove outer parts from, as a photo"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the yield from plants in a single growing season
- Similar words include: dress, craw, cut back
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CROP
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18D: "27. Burn until black"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a charred substance
- Similar words include: cleaning lady, woman, sear
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CHAR
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19D: "28. Prego alternative"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RAGU
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20D: "29. Sitar virtuoso Shankar"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RAVI
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21D: "30. Tehran's land"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a theocratic islamic republic in the middle east in western asia; iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as persia until 1935; rich in oil
- Similar words include: Persia, Islamic Republic of Iran
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IRAN
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22D: "31. Grammy-winning a cappella group famous for their Christmas albums"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: PENTATONIX
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23D: "35. Chicago slugger"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an awkward and inexperienced youth
- Similar words include: greenhorn, sonny, lad
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CUB
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24D: "37. "Late Night" host Meyers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (old testament) third son of adam and eve; given by god in place of the murdered abel
- Similar words include: Set
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SETH
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25D: "38. "Hey! Over here!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PSST
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26D: "40. Place to purchase pastrami"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a shop selling ready-to-eat food products
- Similar words include: delicatessen, food shop
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DELI
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27D: "41. North Carolina university"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELON
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28D: "42. Catchall category: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MISC
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29D: "43. Sport on a horse"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that venetian traveler who explored asia in the 13th century and served kublai khan (1254-1324)
- Similar words include: Marco Polo
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: POLO
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30D: "48. Sheepskin boot brand"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: UGG
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31D: "49. Role for Mike Myers in the Austin Powers movies"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DREVIL
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32D: "51. Columnist Bombeck"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ERMA
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33D: "52. Doubling-down assertion"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: IDIDSO
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34D: "53. Battery measure"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt; equivalent to the potential difference across a resistance of 1 ohm when 1 ampere of current flows through it
- Similar words include: volt, V
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: VOLTS
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35D: "54. Chicago airport"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OHARE
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36D: "55. "The Jetsons" boy"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ELROY
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37D: "59. On the waves"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that in the direction of the sea
- Similar words include: seaward, seawards
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASEA
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38D: "60. Gentle and submissive"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
- Similar words include: modest, spiritless, mild
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MEEK
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39D: "61. ___-bitsy"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ITSY
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40D: "63. Garfield in the funny pages, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
- Similar words include: computerized tomography, computed axial tomography, barf
- Opposite of: keep down
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Answer: CAT
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41D: "64. Magazine bigwigs, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a rapid automatic system to detect plastic explosives in passengers' luggage using x-ray technology and computers; designed for use in airports
- Similar words include: male erecticle dysfunction, erectile dysfunction, ED
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EDS
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42D: "66. Gradation of color"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
- Similar words include: imbue, chromaticity
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HUE
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43D: "67. Letter before tee"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons
- Similar words include: einsteinium, Es, atomic number 99
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ESS
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Today's Puzzle Stats
35 Across Clues
43 Down Clues
78 Total Clues
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